Military Groups Blast Republicans For Killing A Bill To Support Veteranshttp://www.businessinsider.com/veterans-groups-gop-2014-2/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:51:59 -0500Paul Szoldrahttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5315592669bedde452311919EvieMon, 03 Mar 2014 23:40:06 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5315592669bedde452311919
Do you know the hell these Vets are put through to get any kind of benefit? You want means testing? I am sorry, but 1. a contract was signed and 2. If you come back alive from fighting for me than THAT is your means-testing. We should be giving them what they need. You are acting like people are asking for handouts for not doing any work. These people did their job, put their lives on the line and yet many do not get paid enough to afford a decent lifestyle here.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531538fa69bedd305b311919David Starkey - Veteran - Dallas, TX U.S.A.Mon, 03 Mar 2014 21:22:50 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531538fa69bedd305b311919
they CAN'T look a Veteran in the eye over this, because the VETERAN WILL KNOCK THEM ON THEIR MOTHERFUCKING ASS!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5314b86decad04243f7dc709Jim CampoMon, 03 Mar 2014 12:14:21 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5314b86decad04243f7dc709
But Ann aren't these the people ripping Obama for not intervening in the Ukraine?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53149f87ecad04f05f7dc709AdMon, 03 Mar 2014 10:28:07 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53149f87ecad04f05f7dc709
You are so right. These whack jobs don't give a rats ass about anyone but money and rich people. vote them outhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5313eea36da811176dd5e3aaMorgan JonesSun, 02 Mar 2014 21:53:23 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5313eea36da811176dd5e3aa
A bill to improve the provision of medical services and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes.
Just what's in, "for other purposes?"
The Democrats are looking for ways to limit benefits and the caveat is for other purposes opens the door to use that money for other reasons. We the American people need to see the inside of the bill before we screem "Foul." Did we take the time to see what was inside the Affordable Healthcare Act? No!!!! Pelosi said we need to pass it to see what's in it! Great thinking. NOT! Not any Republicans voted for that one, but are blamed for all its problems.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5313b454eab8ea8f2a2a429aRudy GonzalesSun, 02 Mar 2014 17:44:36 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5313b454eab8ea8f2a2a429a
Lest there be any doubt about TEA-Republicans and where they stand on the middle class and those below that line. A divided Senate on Thursday derailed Democratic legislation providing $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation's veterans, as the bill fell victim to election-year disputes over spending. Have you tired of TEA-Republicans yet?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531377506bb3f7ed568e65a6Fk the prog aholesSun, 02 Mar 2014 13:24:16 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531377506bb3f7ed568e65a6
You want intelligence from this crowd of Marxist jihadi lovers.? They blew up the economy they marched in support of the jihadii scum our vets were sent to kill and now they cry it's republicans fault that demos won't even make a budget ?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5313572a69beddb814087b6blisa.majerskySun, 02 Mar 2014 11:07:06 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5313572a69beddb814087b6b
Here are things Progressives spoke up about, hoping to help the people who serve in the military: We tried to stop these stupid wars. We protested sending the National Guard to a foreign war. We protested Stop/Loss. We lobbied to improve Walter Reed Hospital, said to be in bad shape. We spoke up to defend your family housing and pay, that the GOP tried to cut WHILE THE FIGHTING WAS RAGING. We spoke up to increase mental health care for those that needed it. We defended and tried to improve VA medical care. My car, from the beginning, and to this day, bears a bumper sticker saying "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS-- BRING THEM HOME". Many Progressive and Liberal Democrats did the same. We care about you as people, not as cogs in a military money-making machine. Try to remember that at election time. The Progressives are on your side. Not the flag-waving, lying GOP.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5312c0426da811c30ce13c9eBrain SturgeonSun, 02 Mar 2014 00:23:14 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5312c0426da811c30ce13c9e
So, who killed the bill in question here, not to mention add Iran sanctions to a bill about VA funding? It's all there in black and white. Can we not parade a perceived lesser of two evils as some kind of hero here? Both parties are full of bloated opportunists trying to grab a piece of the treasure from a sinking ship, instead of fixing it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5312b92069beddcd06f07864blooSat, 01 Mar 2014 23:52:48 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5312b92069beddcd06f07864
"Congress (the democratic ruling party) forced the Pentagon to make budget cuts that increased living costs for our service members (in the article in black and white)." The Senate (the Republican ruling party), charged with budgeting and spending. Smokescreen, okay! How does one spend if there is nothing left to spend? This is a discussion about exactly what the article has stated. I didn't write it, it's all there in black and white. Can we stick to the facts?
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Ahhh! Cause and effect. Quote from the article.
"Then earlier this week, Congress (controlled by the democrats) forced the Pentagon to make budget cuts that increased living costs for our service members. And now the Senate can’t pass a critical and transformative bill that includes priorities that have garnered bipartisan support for years."
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Someone please provide an intelligent answer before name calling or insulting one party or the other and especially me. We can do that can't we?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5312640c6da811fe7ce13ca8AgnoSat, 01 Mar 2014 17:49:48 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5312640c6da811fe7ce13ca8
Waiting for some teabaggers to chime in and blame this on Obama. Nice to see how truly patriotic you republicans and baggers really are when you are the ones rubbing the American flag in our face every chance you get!. Sad fact most of the military votes republican, if they only could be shown this to each and every one of them (sigh).http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5312506369beddf66ef07866MerrideeSat, 01 Mar 2014 16:25:55 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5312506369beddf66ef07866
There was little doubt when we went to war in '02 that this generation of vets would end up being thrown under the bus by both the Republican Congress and Senate. OTOH, I can thank the Senate Republicans for the $50 bet I won due to their vote.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53123ad6ecad04a4028cf125Ann DelicathSat, 01 Mar 2014 14:53:58 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53123ad6ecad04a4028cf125
Do the Republicans actually think they'll find enough cannon fodder to fight their next phony war? I imagine they have their sights set on Iran, but they'll have to go fight that war themselves because the Veterans will show them in such a bad light that nobody except the GOP spawn will go to war!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531239c56bb3f7766d8cf125marshadarshaSat, 01 Mar 2014 14:49:25 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531239c56bb3f7766d8cf125
Or support CORPORATIONS over veterans? Unconscionable.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5312374669bedd6610f07866D. KingSat, 01 Mar 2014 14:38:46 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5312374669bedd6610f07866
That's very well stated, Veteran. And thank you for your service!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531236a56da811b433e13ca0D. KingSat, 01 Mar 2014 14:36:05 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531236a56da811b433e13ca0
Or to build brand new planes that go directly to the Boneyard...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531231bc69bedd7206f0786eAndrew ReiSat, 01 Mar 2014 14:15:08 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531231bc69bedd7206f0786e
Why is anyone surprised by this? Seriously...if you're surprised the Fascist GOP did this, you HAVE NOT been paying any attention to politics in the past 13 years or so....
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/andrew-rei/the-14-defining-characteristics-dcs-of-fascism-and-how-they-apply-to-the-gop/553044788052189" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >https://www.facebook.com/notes/andrew-rei/the-14-defining-characteristics-dcs-of-fascism-and-how-they-apply-to-the-gop/553044788052189</a>
If you have a Facebook account, you can access the note I linked just above...but, if you can't...
One of the "DCs" of Fascism is Avid Militarism/Supremacy of the Military. Fascist regimes, like the GOP, use the military as pawns to further their Fascist ideology and agenda. What do you think the illegal and unnecessary Iraq War was all about? Fascist regimes also tend to commit a great amount of resources to the military while ignoring other programs. The day after 9/11, the GOP-controlled Congress TRIPLED the defense/military budget.
In addition, another DC of Fascism is "obsession with national security". The GOP has used that DC to justify creating the Department of Homeland Security and refrain from cutting the military/defense budget. Notice how, this past week, when Defense Secretary Hagel announced defense budget cuts? That outraged the Fascist GOP...now you know why.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531219256bb3f769708cf12dbroncohowieSat, 01 Mar 2014 12:30:13 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531219256bb3f769708cf12d
"Calling it "Senate Shenanigans," the non-profit Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America lamented senate leaders who were engaged in "procedural games." ??? REALLY?? Why not call it like it REALLY is: The GOBP/teabaggers HATE American servicemen !!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53120d0269bedd6e73f07866larry..army vetSat, 01 Mar 2014 11:38:26 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53120d0269bedd6e73f07866
bottom line-------The issue of Iran sanctions ... has nothing to do with the needs of veterans,http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531135776da81183159e8fb1lar5Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:18:47 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531135776da81183159e8fb1
24 Veterans associations backed the bill. The GOP/TEA said NO! Our armed forces can fight and die to protect most of the reps who have never served. How pathetic! Just ask them and they will tell you about their patriotism and point to the flag on their lapels.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531103c06da811c73a9e8fb4GOP are teabagging our VeteransFri, 28 Feb 2014 16:46:40 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531103c06da811c73a9e8fb4
The GOP: where Vets only matter if they are still fighting the wars we create. Once they get shot or their enlistment is over, they are useless members of the 47% and we no longer care about them. It is sad, but it is absolutely true.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5310a7af6da8113e2c6e5f30JG66Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:13:51 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5310a7af6da8113e2c6e5f30
Perhaps VOTERS should wake up & now realize, some Politicians are , to use your own jargon "unpatriotic" ? Time to Tar & Feather the MOFOs . We need to ask : Would you Fincl. support Politicians over ex Soldiers ? (as in Political Donations) or Ex Soldiers over politicians ? (as in the Bill > Health care & Education Programs)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5310908ceab8ea884d5385bcVeteranFri, 28 Feb 2014 08:35:08 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5310908ceab8ea884d5385bc
You sign a contract when you join the military. The government writes and administers that contract. You can only accept it or not enlist. They have all the power. Yet while I fulfilled every letter of that contract, the government broke every promise they made to me. That is wrong. Don't get me wrong, I do not need or use VA benefits, yet the government should honor their commitments or change the contract they use when people enlist. Broken contracts and promises are lies.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5310860669beddbe18ae2735Is My Military Tri-care Insurance Socialist?Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:50:14 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5310860669beddbe18ae2735
Is VA health insurance socialist and run by the government?
Is Medicare socialist and run by the government?
Is Social Security socialist and run by the government?
Yet I (listen to talk radio religiously and) hate Obamacare which is doubling the number of new doctors to truly help the sick and needy. Have i been brainwashed?
By who?
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What we really need is a needs bases test for a lot of these veterans benefits. Sure a lot of vets need more help, but there are a lot of them retiring and collecting full benefits/pensions while double dipping in some really nice jobs. Do we really need to be subsidizing a commissary for them or giving them some really generous health care insurance??? I don't think so. Too many people think of vet as the guy that got shot up in our wars, but there is a whole huge infrastructure behind these guys that costing us dearly in benefits.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53100a806da811ee7ddc2a2bjimmy mactheknifeThu, 27 Feb 2014 23:03:12 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53100a806da811ee7ddc2a2b
MITCH was playing with fire by adding the IRAN sanctions and he damn well knew it. There will likely be some haggling and brawling between the lobbyists and the staff and everything will be taken care of eventually. IF the grandstanding veterans are so perturbed, why don't they throw their support behind McConnell's opponent? Yeah, I thought so.........http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531007b4ecad049478dc2a27dknolaThu, 27 Feb 2014 22:51:16 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/531007b4ecad049478dc2a27
Now that the little dumb ass sheeple have jumped to do the corporations and Darth Vader wanted them to do and America or any Americans (like the 95%) got a damn thing out of the wars 13 years and counting, we can just dump our soldiers by the way side.
The mercenaries never got close enough to the horrible chemicals to be so sick. They of course never had to deal with the the roadside bombs like our vets, the mercenaries just got the easy jobs with the obscene paydays. Now that our service members are home and the oil isn't paying for it these assholes wet dream, they have now turned their backs on what these country is made of, great people and terrible politicians.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/530ffb9eecad04f049dc2a33P NThu, 27 Feb 2014 21:59:42 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/530ffb9eecad04f049dc2a33
The Koch lobby finally trumped the veterans. Meanwhile an Independent and Democrats are fighting for veterans affairs. What got put in the water! Touché Kochs, touchéhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/530ff76decad04bf3adc2a26barbacoaThu, 27 Feb 2014 21:41:49 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/530ff76decad04bf3adc2a26
Guess what guys? Republicans love the little people until they don't need them anymore. The war in Iraq is done, and Afghanistan is winding down. Now, you're just a another taker to them. We don't have the money to take care of veterans, but we can rustle up money to subsidize billionaires to export American jobs.